30 James T. Lees, 



rule." Not so. I prefer to be first in the Hellenic contests 

 and second in the state.^ 



7. 1021-1024. One argument yet remains. If I had a 

 witness such as myself, and if she were alive, you would see 

 by the facts of the case who is the guilty one. 



4. 'E7r/Xo709, 1 02 5- 1 03 3: 



I swear by Zeus and Earth that I am innocent of the 

 charge. But why she took her life I do not know.^ 



n«7T£ts OF Theseus. Ilto-Tets of Hippolytos. 



a. 946-957 answered a. 991-1006. 

 j3. 958-965 " 7. 1021-1024. 



7. 966-9/0 " /3. 1 007- 1 020. 



In the preceding discussion the prjai'i of Theseus is com- 

 plete as an oration, and contains the four divisions distinctly 

 defined. The Trpooi/xtov is a general statement, but he in- 

 tends it to be applied to his son. Theseus is plaintiff in the 

 case, and, since he has the opening speech, states the charge 

 (943-945). The TTt'o-ret? of each p^crt? contain three divis- 

 ions, and are about the same length. Each of the main 

 arguments of Theseus is answered by Hippolytos, but the 

 order is changed somewhat. The principal divisions of the 

 f)t](T€i<; are in some cases distinctly marked, as the following 

 verses show : 



V. gyi. vvv ovv ri ravra crot? d/xLWMfxaL \6yoi<;, 



991, 99^- TrpMTu 8' ap^ofiaL Xejeiv, 



oOev fjb virviXde^ irpwrov k.t.X. 

 102 1. €V ou XeXeicraL tmv e/xcov, ra S' aXX' e^et?. 



Each e7riXoyo<; begins with 'vvv' (vv. 971, 1025). 



Medeia, 446-626. 'P7;'o-et9, 465-519, 522-575. 



Jason, leader of the Argonautic expedition, married Medeia, 

 who had assisted him in obtaining the golden fleece. He 



1 V. 1016 fg. Cf. Ion 625 fg. 



'■^ Vv. 1034, 1035. " Halte ich es fiir wahrscheinlich dass die beiden Verse 

 uberhaupt dem Euripides fremd sind. Ihr Wegfall ist kein Verlust, sondern ein 

 Gewinn." Nauck. See his discussion of these verses in Eur. Stud. II, 39-41. 



